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It just looks cool and I want one.

Saint Keggers

16:52 / 25.03.04

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese company unveiled a 3.5-metre (11.55-foot) tall robot that can forage its way through a heap of debris as a trailblazer for rescue workers following a disaster such as an earthquake.
The five-tonne T-52 Enryu (literally "rescue dragon") is hydraulically operated and equipped with two arms ending in pincer "hands" that can grasp and remove obstacles to help rescuers reach people trapped under rubble.
Each arm is capable of lifting 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds) and when they are fully extended the two pincers are 10 metres (33 feet) apart.
The prototype robot was developed by Tmsuk, a company based in the southwestern Japan city of Kita-Kyushu, in cooperation with fire-department officials and university researchers.
The company aims to develop a commercial model by the end of the year.

Char Aina

17:39 / 25.03.04

i want one, but only if it has a variable-beam heat ray.
one that i can use to safely light my cigarettes from a distance, but that with a simple voice command can destroy cities.

ooh! and EMP shielding.

agvvv

18:13 / 25.03.04

and a freezer for my beverages..

w1rebaby

18:28 / 25.03.04

Does it turn into anything? It looks like it might turn into a... tractor, actually.

I don't really want a robot, to be honest. I want something that I can pilot myself.

Char Aina

18:38 / 25.03.04

like a tractor?
eh? eh?

givvus a minute mate, i can have you a LOVELY green and gold tractor, replete with beer storage space, versatile heat tools, and SafetyFirst® EMP sheilding.

diz

18:50 / 25.03.04

i love it, but i could so see this thing squishing someone as it waded through the rubble trying to save someone else.

agvvv

18:51 / 25.03.04

did you say beer storage space...? eh? eh? does it have an x-ray beam thingy?

Grey Area

18:53 / 25.03.04

I actually thought that clear panel in the torso was a cockpit...the whole thing reminds me of an Archer battlemech:

(yes, I used to play BattleTech. I freely admit to that

)

Char Aina

19:17 / 25.03.04

does it have an x-ray beam thingy?

weeeeee-ell... it does have the option to go for the single SeeRiteThruMEE® VDU, but honestly?
*looks about, lowers voice*
you look like a good bloke, yeah?
lissen, there's no point getting cheap on yer surveillance options. nah, nah. nah, mate. i mean, what kind of twat would you feel if you switch to xrays,and the whole place is lined with lead? eh?

THIS upgrade, its only double the money, right, and for that you'll get xray, infrared, nightvision, a zoom you can watch people shagging on mars with, AND a built-in digital camera that can send and recieve picture messages!

Grey Area

19:27 / 25.03.04

But does it have an illuminated cupholder?

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

20:08 / 25.03.04

So what's the plan when these things inevitably go renegade?

Bed Head

20:12 / 25.03.04

I’d like to use those ginormous pincer-tipped hydraulic robot arms to very delicately smoke a Sobranie cigarette. Possibly with a cigarette holder, as well. Channelling sophisticated mecha-Audrey Hepburn vibes the whole while. That’d be possibly the coolest thing ever.

Warewullf

21:29 / 25.03.04

That's excellent. There is no way the British or Americans would create that and call it "Rescue Dragon."

Anime, Real life.
Real life, Anime.
Play nice, now.

The Prince of All Lies

21:44 / 25.03.04

I want a mech!! But only if I can pilot it and switch to battroid/valkyrie mode without getting squished by the gears..

Saint Keggers

21:46 / 25.03.04

Yeah you just know there's going to be a lot of squashed monkeys before that idea gets off the ground.

w1rebaby

22:56 / 25.03.04

Look, if it doesn't accidentally squash people and destroy other buildings, it's not a real robot. Stop carping.

Char Aina

02:03 / 26.03.04

There is no way the British or Americans would create that and call it "Rescue Dragon."

well, they grew up watching the wrong movies, innit?
we'd have a big ole clanky thing called a "PendragonIV", or maybe a "lancelot3000". if we were lucky.

here's a ponder;
if i design a BattleMech, can i get it decals that say "Your language is pretty to look at, but not worth the effort of learning (and i will crush you)" in japanese?

Saint Keggers

02:16 / 26.03.04

Ah,with only the addition of a battlemech, a barbquote is transformed into the ultimate icebreaker.

Grey Area

07:14 / 26.03.04

Anyone who's ever played BattleTech knows that crushed buildings, squashed people (accidental or otherwise) and wanton destruction of the surrounding area pretty much go hand in hand with big, cannoned up robots. Kinda like a conga-line of destruction.

(and if you can get a mech covered with credit symbols, I'm sure japanese script is not a problem...)

agvvv

08:09 / 26.03.04

toksik -- I dont want your lousy upgrade, just a freaking freezer and one of those x-ray beam thingies! jeezeez..

agvvv

08:10 / 26.03.04

and it should look all blue and heavy-ish..

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